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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes. 38 is young and many people are starting families then. I'm 45 and want to retire at 55. I'm done working. I want to live, volunteer, enjoy the world. If we had more vacations and 35 hr workweeks,'I'd work longer but I'm exhausted. [/quote]

But that is the problem. In the 38 year old case she said same thing about 55. But the spot she is headed towards has a 52 year old boss who wants to work to 67.

So the 38 year old will be 53 when job opens. How does that work with someone who wants to retire at 55. It seems the Boomers and Genx all stay to 65-67 but Millennials want to retire at 55. It forces company to go to Gen Z for future leaders

Last month having dinner a younger cousin my jaw fell as she is 45 and sick of work. She is working with financial planner and has it all set up to retire at 55. So she is retiring at same time as her boss who is 10 years older. So at 45 she needs to groom a younger staff to take on her boss role. That is odd but very common now.

To be perfectly honest my last role I worked with a bunch of 22-26 year olds which in my 60 person dept was a massive breath of fresh air. They had four of us older people and I was in charge with other three "gray hair" old timers of managing. They were fantastic. The energy, the teamwork, nearly all single, young, willing to work. Was such a happy place. In end I learned way more from them. I became a much better person too, I felt I got my energy back and was alive again.

Somehow I could work 50 hours a week, hop on a plane, go out in NYC and find myself at a club with my teammates 30-35 years younger rocking it and back at work fresh as a daisy at 8 am. It brought back the 24 year old version of myself.

Somehow a 36 year old and a 38 year old dreaming of retirement more than what's ahead of them is depressing. The 21-26 years old were full of energy it was infectious.

If I was driving a 20 year old car with 200,000 miles and falling apart would I replace it with a 10 year old car with 100,000 miles? No I would want brand new. I felt like that with the fresh college hires   [/quote]

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